Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant noted that the government has pushed for green energy and India is the fourth largest in the world in renewable energy installed capacity India needs low-cost capital to help domestic entrepreneurs execute global scale projects in areas like green hydrogen, solar energy, electric vehicles and battery manufacturing, Niti Aayog CEO […]
Micro-Grid Academy Young Talent of the Year 2021 Award recognises eight sustainable energy innovators from across Africa; African youth encouraged to find green energy solutions to community challenges; RES4Africa, Enel Green Power and the European Investment Bank highlight transfomational ideas from Kenya, Lesotho, Mozambique, Nigeria, Tanzania and Zambia. The second Micro-Grid Academy Young Talent of […]
Singh informed that India has already touched 200 GW of demand even when the effects of COVID-19 was still there. Addressing the conference of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) on “Aatmairbhar Bharat – Self Reliance for Renewable Energy Manufacturing”, the Union Minister of Power and New and Renewable Energy, RK Singh stated that India had […]
French private-equity firm Ardian SAS is considering raising as much as 2 billion euros ($2.4 billion) for a fund dedicated to green hydrogen, one of the hottest fuels in the energy transition. Hydrogen’s popularity is surging. European nations have pledged tens of billions of dollars of subsidies to promote production of the gas with renewable […]
India can’t prioritise eliminating greenhouse gas emissions without sufficient financing from richer nations to help offset the high cost of transitioning to clean energy, according to a senior government official. New Delhi : India can’t prioritise eliminating greenhouse gas emissions without sufficient financing from richer nations to help offset the high cost of transitioning to […]
While banks like SBI have raised their exposure to renewable projects, they are clear that they cannot entirely stop funding coal-based or water-guzzling industries in an emerging economy. Major Indian banks are increasing their focus on financing green projects at a time when there is a global push in favour of companies that adhere to […]
Greenpeace says electronics giant lags Amazon and Total in renewables use HO CHI MINH CITY/SEOUL : Samsung must switch to using 100% renewable energy in South Korea and Vietnam — the tech conglomerate’s two biggest production bases — even as those countries plan to build more coal-fired power plants, Greenpeace said in a report on […]
The kingdom has high potential to capitalise on solar energy – photovoltaic technology and concentrated solar power technology – to drive its economic diversification agenda, new research from investment banking company Natixis shows. It also pointed to wind energy as a promising front as technological advancements make wind farms more economically viable. Saudi Arabia, under […]
TILOS, GREECE: In the tranquil Greek island of Tilos, a wind turbine hums over a silvery sea while scorching sun rays hit a hill lined with solar panels. The small island of around 800 inhabitants is the first island in the Mediterranean to generate almost all of its electricity from renewable sources under a pioneering […]